Cywyddau ac Awdlau

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 3057D [RESTRICTED ACCESS]
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004377752
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000377752
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1558]-[1563], [mid-17 cent.]
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • ii, 377 ff. (paginated 1-2, 49-58, 58a-b, 59-486, 511-706, 735-792, 943-951, 951a-b, 952-998) ; 290 x 195 mm.
      Re-bound in half-leather at NLW; previously bound in white vellum (see Gwenogvryn Evans, p. 242).
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
      DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES

Scope and Content

A volume of awdlau and cywyddau by various poets. The manuscript is a composite volume and is divided into four books: Part I (pp. 49-434), Part II (pp. 435-512), Part III (514-942) and Part IV (pp. 943-998). Pages 57-432 appear to have been written before 1563; the remainder belongs to the mid-seventeenth century.

Access Information

Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

Note

Formerly Mostyn MS 161.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 3057D [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other Finding Aids

A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), pp. 242-255.

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.
Online version available on the Library’s website $$u https://www.llgc.org.uk/discover/digital-gallery/manuscripts/the-middle-ages/dafydd-ap-gwilym-and-the-cywyddwyr/nlw-ms-3057d/ (viewed July 2016)

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Many blank pages (pp. 3-48, 487-510, 707-734, 793-942) removed during re-binding at NLW.

Custodial History

Formerly in the Gloddaeth library.

Additional Information

Published

Genre/Form

Welsh poetry.